Agra: The Uttar Pradesh government today transferred the city police chief and suspended 13 policemen holding them responsible for the violence, which left one person dead and 50 others injured. Superintendent of Police Rahul Yaduvendu has been attached to Director General of Police headquarters at Lucknow. Prem Narayan has been appointed as the new city police chief.

The action was initiated after the state Home Secretary Mahesh Gupta and Director General of Police Vikram Singh submitted their report on the incident to the govenment. Those suspended included an inspector, a traffic inspector, a traffic sub-inspector, five constables and five traffic head constables.

As the city limped back to normalcy, curfew in Sadar police station area was lifted this morning. No relaxation was given in other five areas.